One Stop Shop Heading for Ashmore Park- What is your view.?

The ‘top shops’ on Ashmore Park - corner of Higgs Road and Griffith Drive has had the major store there closed for quite a long period. ( This information on the new application was first published by WV11)

Now there are plans to reopen the store again, and the applicants are a local firm based in Brownhills called ‘One Stop’.This company is applying for a drinks licence to enable the store to sell early and late alcohol which will clearly anchor other lines of goods.

The application going to the City Council Licensing Committee is for a licence to sell alcohol from 6.00 am through to 23.00- Monday to Sunday.

Now it is certain that this application is going to attract those residents that would agree to the application, those that are concerned about the length of time the selling of alcohol covers, and of course those residents that object to any selling of alcohol.

If you have a view on any one of those three policy areas or you have another alternative view please make your views either in support or in an objection known. It will be all the more potent if you make your individual view directly from you to the Licensing Committee of Wolverhampton City Council.

Also please let me know your views, as it is useful to understand everyone’s feeling on this matter.

I for my part feel that the store - if it bought back to life as a convenience store - will plug an important retail gap in what is currently Ashmore Parks shopping offer.

Make no mistake people living at the top end of the estate have been finding it difficult to buy those little items that run out suddenly - without travelling miles further afield to find them. I like the idea of the store opening - especially with a large chain owning the retail rights and behind a sales policy that recognises the law and the restrictions that may be applicable to trading.

Hopefully there will not be the sort of bad experiences some residents were subject to and that were prevalent with the last owners of the shop.

Here is a little more about the company behind the application- taken direct from their web site.

One Stop is a retail convenience business with over 600 shops and a key focus on being the best store for customers in the neighbourhood. Open 7 days a week One Stop aims to meet the needs of all its local customers.

With our stores situated throughout England and Wales, there’s sure to be a One Stop near where you live or work.

We open early in the morning so that you can pick up your newspaper and breakfast on the way to work. We stay open late into the evening to enable you to collect tonight’s meal and bottle of wine or one of our great beer deals. We’re open every day, so at the weekend we’ve got everything you need from groceries, snacks and soft drinks to barbecue briquettes! Our strong promotions and great ranges also mean plenty of choice for special occasions such as Christmas, Halloween and Bonfire night.

In many stores we also offer services on your doorstep that save you time and effort. These include a free to use cash machine, Post Office, National Lottery, Pay Point (where you can pay your utility bills). In addition we also offer electronic top-up for your mobile phone in every store.

With around 7,000 staff, One Stop are a major employer and if you would like to know more about careers in our stores, Distribution Centres or in our Head Office please see our 'Join Us' page.
What The Future Holds...

With our long term plans it is an exciting time for the One Stop business and over the next 3 years we will:
• Continue to develop our new store opening programme
• Invest in existing stores to improve the shopping environment for both customers and staff alike
• Improve availability for customers on all our lines
• Continue to deliver fantastic promotions and prices
• Continue to review our product ranges to provide best in class for customers.
Add all of this to fantastic service and you’ll see that One Stop have everything you could want in a local shop!